'Goldman Sachs' tagged blog posts in The latest news from Janet Hanson

85 Broads is hosting an all day conference on Saturday, April 24, 2010 in partnership with (and at) the NYU Stern School of Business.

We have an awesome line up of speakers including Bobby Kennedy, Susan Lyne (CEO of Gilt) Niko Canner (former co-founder of Katzenbach Partners and current senior partner of Booz & Co.) Nomi Ghez, former II ranked analyst and Goldman Sachs partner, and Aswath Damodaran, finance guru and teacher at NYU Stern.

Also speaking: Cindy Padnos, founder of Illuminate Ventures who has written a terrific report on women launching high growth businesses in the tec…

One of my favorite quotes is by John Petit-Senn:

“True courage is like a kite.. a contrary wind raises it higher.”

For the record, I had an amazing career at Goldman Sachs. I got to be part of one of the greatest franchises on the planet – over the last 3 decades I have had the opportunity to contribute to so many amazing organizations, my own family, and to 85 Broads — all because I got a shot at the title — to join a firm that allowed me to share my wealth with so many others.

While at Goldman Sachs, I worked with some of the best and brightest people in the business – I had…

From Jacki:

I wanted to share with you two pieces I have co-written with my dear friend Katharine Henderson, President of Auburn Seminary, and JC Austin. I am sure you have read about Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein saying ( tongue and cheek) that he was doing “God’s Work.” What an opportunity to write about God and Goldman! In response we wrote this piece “Can Goldman Find God?” [thedailybeast.com] In the article we call on Goldman to create a fund to help address the problem of job loss in this country. I would love to …

Why are Goldman’s Women Invisible?
Huffington Post: October 31, 2008
by Jacki Zehner

Wednesday Goldman Sachs & Co. announced their new class of Partners and yesterday they announced their new Managing Directors. Twelve years ago I was one of those fortunate people who got the call inviting me into the partnership of the firm. The year I made it, I was one of two women out of a total of thirty-eight bringing the grand total at that point in time up to twelve. I was the youngest woman and only female trader to be made a partner. I thought I was now part of the club.

It turned out not t…